AATE Networks foster the exchange, development, and implementation of ideas throughout the year, providing professional development, advocacy, and other tools within and across the field of theatre and education. All AATE Members and Conference attendees are encouraged to join! Applied Theatre is an umbrella term that is both evolving and inclusive.
The Network includes individuals who use alternative theatre and/or drama practices with a wide variety of populations. Two major commonalities are that our members often work in non-traditional settings (such as schools, community centers and museums) and that they seek to help people, often through active participation in the drama or the debates that ensue.
AATE Networks foster the exchange, development, and implementation of ideas throughout the year, providing professional development, advocacy, and other tools within and across the field of theatre and education. All AATE Members and Conference attendees are encouraged to join!
This Network is dedicated to providing its members with discussions on current creative and scholarly trends in the drama and theatre education, access to support materials, and dialogue with colleagues in university and college settings around the globe.
Meriah Sage (she/her) is an Associate Professor in the Applied Drama and Theatre for the Young MFA/MA Program, and Director of Theatre at Eastern Michigan University. She is a certified teacher in the Michael Chekhov technique through the Great Lakes Michael Chekhov Consortium (GLMCC... Read More →
AATE Networks foster the exchange, development, and implementation of ideas throughout the year, providing professional development, advocacy, and other tools within and across the field of theatre and education. All AATE Members and Conference attendees are encouraged to join!
This Network serves the needs of secondary school teachers and those professional theatres committed to providing for adolescent audiences. The Network provides resources for the secondary school teacher, including lesson plans, support for innovative classroom ideas, and communication among its members.
AATE Conference Manager & Director of Theatre at SPHS, South Pointe High School & AATE
Dakota Demato is the Director of Theatre at South Pointe High School in Rock Hill, SC! She holds a B.F.A. in Musical Theatre from The University of the Arts (Philadelphia, PA) and an M.A.T. in Theatre Education from the University of South Carolina.Since joining the staff at South... Read More →
AATE Networks foster the exchange, development, and implementation of ideas throughout the year, providing professional development, advocacy, and other tools within and across the field of theatre and education. All AATE Members and Conference attendees are encouraged to join!
This Network represents the interests of AATE members who teach drama to preschool, primary, intermediate, and middle school (junior high) students. Constituents include drama specialists, elementary teachers, elementary or middle school theatre directors, or college professors training elementary drama teachers.
Ms. Butchy has more than 10 years of experience teaching acting, playwriting, musical theatre, and other classes to students of all ages. She studied theatre, English, and music at Westminster College in her native Western Pennsylvania, and she earned her M.F.A. in theatre from... Read More →
AATE Networks foster the exchange, development, and implementation of ideas throughout the year, providing professional development, advocacy, and other tools within and across the field of theatre and education. All AATE Members and Conference attendees are encouraged to join!
This Network includes individuals working with organizations that produce theatrical events. It is comprised of artistic, management, and educational staff members from a wide variety of theatres and organizations, as well as freelance artists and artist-educators.
Associate Prof; Artistic Director, Bowie State University
Elena Velasco (she/ella) is a theatre artist whose work is grounded in decolonized, consensus-organized processes and structures. An associate member of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, her director/choreographer include Convergence Theatre (Founding Artistic Director... Read More →
AATE Networks foster the exchange, development, and implementation of ideas throughout the year, providing professional development, advocacy, and other tools within and across the field of theatre and education. All AATE Members and Conference attendees are encouraged to join!
This Network encompasses artistic work with and for young people from infancy to 6 years old. It is comprised of individuals who teach and facilitate drama in early childhood classrooms; artists who create, write, direct, and perform for very young audiences; and artistic, management, and educational staff members of performing arts companies focused on work for very young audiences.
AATE Networks foster the exchange, development, and implementation of ideas throughout the year, providing professional development, advocacy, and other tools within and across the field of theatre and education. All AATE Members and Conference attendees are encouraged to join! Applied Theatre is an umbrella term that is both evolving and inclusive.
If you're new to the world of AATE, the NewGuard Network is for you! This group brings together university students and early-career professionals to form lasting connections before the AATE conference. By joining, you'll have the chance to network, meet potential collaborators, and even explore opportunities to present your research or host a workshop at the conference. It's a great way to grow professionally, share your passion for theater, and find your community within AATE.
AATE Networks foster the exchange, development, and implementation of ideas throughout the year, providing professional development, advocacy, and other tools within and across the field of theatre and education. All AATE Members and Conference attendees are encouraged to join!
This Network supports playwrights and advocates of quality new plays for youth. Activities include publishing the Award Winning Plays list, as well as the Unpublished Play Project and the Playwrights in Our Schools Residency Project.
John Newman is a Professor and a previous Chair of the Utah Valley University Department of Theatrical Arts. He currently serves as Director of UVU’s Theatre for Youth and Education (TYE) Center and coordinates the UVU Theatre Education program. Dr. Newman earned his BFA and M.Ed... Read More →
AATE Networks foster the exchange, development, and implementation of ideas throughout the year, providing professional development, advocacy, and other tools within and across the field of theatre and education. All AATE Members and Conference attendees are encouraged to join!
This Network was created to explore what research and scholarship looks like through all the various avenues of arts and education.
AATE Networks foster the exchange, development, and implementation of ideas throughout the year, providing professional development, advocacy, and other tools within and across the field of theatre and education. All AATE Members and Conference attendees are encouraged to join!
Youth Theatre is defined as quality theatrical experiences and/or performances by students (typically ages 8-18) for an audience. This Network is comprised of artistic, management, and educational staff from a diverse array of youth theatres and organizations, as well as freelance artists and artist-educators.
